Arkansas officials claim the new course may violate state law restricting the teaching of critical race theory.
A mural commemorating the"Little Rock Nine" affixed to the side of a building in New York City.Surviving members of the Little Rock Nine, a group of students who faced extreme harassment and threats of violence for integrating Little Rock Central High School in 1957, have spoken out against Arkansas education officials who decided last week not to recognize an Advanced Placement course on Black history.
Earlier this month, Arkansas Department of Education officials informed school districts in the state that offered the course — including in Little Rock — thatthat are necessary to graduate from high school. Officials claimed their decision was based on the fact that the course, which is produced by the company the College Board, has a “pilot” status, and said that the course could violate both state law and an executive order from Gov.
It’s unclear how the state came to the conclusion that the course may teach implicit bias. Officials have cited similar unfounded claims to block the teaching of Black history elsewhere in the U.S., largely to appease right-wing lawmakers andAP African American Studies, the course in question, has been in development for over a decade,.
In the fall of 1957, three years after the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” in education was unconstitutional,. For weeks, the students were blocked from doing so by an angry white mob and the National Guard, which had been called by then-Gov. Orval Faubus to prevent the students from entering the school. In late September of that year, President Dwight Eisenhower finally federalized the National Guard and sent the U.S. Army to escort the students to the school.
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